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• 23 February 2012
  ASIA/CHINA - Moral and material fasting, to be reconciled with God and with others: the Chinese Catholics live Lent in communion with the universal Church Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Moral and material fasting, to be reconciled with God and with others is the invitation that the Chinese priests addressed to the faithful during Mass on Ash Wednesday, celebrated yesterday in a ...
• 23 February 2012
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The plight of child soldiers: only 11 000 those released in 2010 Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest United Nations report, updated to April 2011, there are no data available on the number of children who every day are recruited into armed groups around the world. However ...
• 23 February 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - "The people of Aysén claim justice and assistance," Mgr. Infanti asks the path of dialogue Aysen (Agenzia Fides) - "Our people loudly demand justice. All the issues raised in the requests reflect a lack of attention on behalf of the State. And I say State, not government, because this is not to be against this ...
• 23 February 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - For the Year of Faith, the Catechism of the Catholic Church in urdu Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Pakistan is preparing to publish the Catechism of the Catholic Church in Urdu language, the national language. As reported to Fides, the initiative will be launched on the occasi ...
• 23 February 2012
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Two Christians injured by a group of armed Muslims: accusations of "conversions" Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Two Christians were wounded by a Muslim armed group who burst into an Evangelical church and in the attached residence in Faisalabad. The incident, which occurred a few days ago, after other ...
• 23 February 2012
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Help for displaced people due to the torrential rains in the Gatumba is urgently needed Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Torrential rains are hitting Gatumba, a suburb of the capital of Burundi, Bujumbura, where at least 2 000 people are displaced and need food and shelter. The rains have destroyed about 400 hom ...
• 23 February 2012
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - On the eve of the vote the atmosphere is tense, the Church offers a third of electoral observers Dakar (Agenzia Fides) - "The atmosphere is tense, to the point that private schools in Dakar have canceled classes until after the vote," local Church sources told Fides from the capital of Senegal, where next Sunday, Fe ...
• 23 February 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops deplore the repression of peaceful protest and demand guarantees concerning the mining activity Patagonia-Comahue (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Argentina's Patagonia region-Comahue have criticized the mining operation in progress and called for respect for the international and national law for this activity, be ...
• 22 February 2012
  ASIA/INDIA-Fishermen killed in Kerala: Cardinal Alencherry defends "truth and justice" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Truth and Justice" on the case of the fishermen killed in Kerala on February 15: this is what Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of the Syro-malabrese Church, based in Kerala asks for in ...
• 22 February 2012
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on November 30, 2011 appointed the Rev. permanent Deacon Martin Brunner-Artho, of the clergy of the diocese of Basel as Na ...
• 22 February 2012
  AFRICA/CONGO - Outbreaks of cholera and measles within 500 km Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides) - The health authorities of the Republic of Congo have recorded 340 cases of cholera, nine of them fatal, since June 2011, in the northern district of Likouala. They also launched the alarm of ...
• 22 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO-A new radio station online, Radio Cristo Rey, prepares the Pope's visit to Mexico Leon (Agenzia Fides) - There are only 30 days to Pope Benedict XVI’s visit in Mexico, and the Archdiocese of Leon have announced the opening of a radio via internet, Radio Cristo Rey, which also has a presence in socia ...
• 22 February 2012
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Works of love and special attention to disadvantaged groups: the invitation of the Organizing Committee of the Campaign for Lent Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Carrying out works of charity and to give full attention to disadvantaged groups: is the lenten invitation to the faithful of Hong Kong by the Organizing Committee of the Campaign for Lent o ...
• 22 February 2012
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - On the eve of the Summit on Somalia the military option seems to prevail Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the International Conference on Somalia, which opens tomorrow, February 23, in London, from the Country of the Horn of Africa there are reports of intensified fighting. In partic ...
• 22 February 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The gaze of the missionary disciple on the global reality of ": the First Encounter for missionary formation has concluded Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - the first national Meeting of the missionary formation for Coordinators and Animators of the Diocesan Missionary Councils (COMIDIS) and of the Parish Council Missionaries (COMIPAS) has conclude ...